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Wednesday, 19 October 2016
The employment rate remains at a record rate of 74.5%, with 31.8 million people in work. ...
Thursday, 13 October 2016
A consultation has been launched today seeking the public and representative bodies’ views on the State Pension system of the future....
Thursday, 13 October 2016
New figures show that by 2020 over 10 million people are expected to be newly saving or saving more as a result of automatic enrolment....
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Hundreds of members of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) are set to benefit from changes to the compensation cap. ...
Thursday, 15 September 2016
The new funding model for supported accommodation includes women’s refuges, homeless shelters and housing for those leaving care....
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
The number of people in work is at a record high with nearly 175,000 more people in work up to July 2016, compared to the previous 3 months....
Friday, 02 September 2016
Six non-executive directors have been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board....
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Youth Offer figures show nearly 450,000 work experience and sector-based work academy pre-employment training placements started since 2012....
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
The employment rate in the UK is now at a record high of 74.5% and the unemployment rate is at its lowest level in over 10 years at 4.9%. ...
Thursday, 28 July 2016
New figures show that there are now more people aged 50 to 74 in work than ever before, 3.7 million more than there were 20 years ago....
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
The employment rate hits a record high of 74.4%, with 31.7 million people in work....
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Damian Green, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has today welcomed the department’s new ministerial team. ...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
DWP is the biggest single user of the payments system. Every year we distribute around £167 billion to 22 million people....
Monday, 18 July 2016
Welfare reform – giving everyone the opportunity to realise their ambitions and potential, in learning, work and throughout life....
Thursday, 07 July 2016
A consultation has been launched today on the future of NEST, the government-backed provider of workplace pensions....
Friday, 01 July 2016
Two new trustees have been appointed to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation....
Thursday, 30 June 2016
The Minister for Pensions has welcomed the appointment of Arnold Wagner OBE to the role of Chair of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF)....
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Lord Freud spoke about the benefits of working together to improve people’s lives at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference....
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Entrepreneurial jobseekers have launched nearly 85,000 new businesses through a government scheme to boost self-employment and drive innovation....
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Universal Credit becomes available to all types of claimant in Harrogate, Richmond (North Yorkshire), Inverness, Hammersmith and Ryedale....
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Household incomes have risen to a record high according to statistics released today, with the fastest growth in 10 years. ...
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate since 2005 while the employment rate has stayed at a record high of 74.2%....
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Proposals to prevent people in occupational schemes facing exit charges for accessing their pensions early have been launched by ministers....
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Bath, Newcastle, Bridgwater, Rugby and Lowestoft all expand Universal Credit....
Thursday, 19 May 2016
New figures show that fraud and error in the benefits system remains at the lowest level ever recorded....
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The employment rate in the UK has hit another record high of 74.2%, and there are more people in work than ever before. ...
Thursday, 12 May 2016
The number of people accessing their new State Pension statement has increased by almost 40% in the last 6 months to approximately 400,000....
Monday, 09 May 2016
A new taskforce announced today will help more people with learning disabilities to access apprenticeships. ...
Monday, 09 May 2016
A new DWP website has been launched by the Pension Tracing Service to help people find their lost pension savings....
Monday, 02 May 2016
Universal Credit is now in every jobcentre across the country for single jobseekers....
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Government Actuary's Department Cross-government roundtable explores climate scenarios
Trade Remedies Authority Anti-dumping measure maintained on bikes from China
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Bluetongue: latest situation
Commonwealth Games return to Glasgow with UK Government backing
Department for Culture, Media and Sport Five Board Members appointed to the UK Sport Board